Manipur Cabinet provides nod to partially elevate prohibition

By PTI

IMPHAL: The Manipur authorities has determined to partially elevate prohibition from all of the district headquarters, vacationer locations, and camps of safety forces, as a part of a brand new coverage which can assist generate Rs 600 crore as annual income.

The state Cabinet took the choice to partially elevate the ban on brewing, consumption and sale of liquor at a gathering on Tuesday, Tribal Affairs and Hills Development Minister Letpao Haokip informed reporters.

However, these transporting liquor from one place to a different would require possessing a allow, Haokip mentioned.

The resolution was additionally taken in view of well being hazards brought on by the consumption of illicit liquor, he mentioned.

An enormous public motion had led the state authorities to enact prohibition via the Manipur Liquor Prohibition Act 1991, which was later amended in 2002.

Following the promulgation of the Act, sale, brewing and consumption of liquor have been banned for all residents barring individuals from the SC and ST communities who historically brew it.

However, regardless of the ban, liquor consumption couldn’t be successfully managed and alcohol remained extensively obtainable.

The state authorities can be mulling to export historically brewed liquor from the villages of Sekmai and Andro that are famend for it.

The Manipur authorities had just lately despatched a cabinet sub-committee to Goa to review scientific liquor brewing for export.

IMPHAL: The Manipur authorities has determined to partially elevate prohibition from all of the district headquarters, vacationer locations, and camps of safety forces, as a part of a brand new coverage which can assist generate Rs 600 crore as annual income.

The state Cabinet took the choice to partially elevate the ban on brewing, consumption and sale of liquor at a gathering on Tuesday, Tribal Affairs and Hills Development Minister Letpao Haokip informed reporters.

However, these transporting liquor from one place to a different would require possessing a allow, Haokip mentioned.

The resolution was additionally taken in view of well being hazards brought on by the consumption of illicit liquor, he mentioned.

An enormous public motion had led the state authorities to enact prohibition via the Manipur Liquor Prohibition Act 1991, which was later amended in 2002.

Following the promulgation of the Act, sale, brewing and consumption of liquor have been banned for all residents barring individuals from the SC and ST communities who historically brew it.

However, regardless of the ban, liquor consumption couldn’t be successfully managed and alcohol remained extensively obtainable.

The state authorities can be mulling to export historically brewed liquor from the villages of Sekmai and Andro that are famend for it.

The Manipur authorities had just lately despatched a cabinet sub-committee to Goa to review scientific liquor brewing for export.